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Meet our Sen Lin Hu Families!
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Huang Jia
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最后的星期！
These past few days at 森林湖 have been jam packed! This weekend the villagers took part in our own dragon boat races here on site. Beforehand they presented family cheers to kickoff the day celebration. The rest of the day was spent resting up for the busy week to follow. Last night our evening activity was a Chinese wedding! Potential brides and grooms were setup with their “parents” by their sides and the villagers participated in the customs traditional of Chinese weddings. Afterward (of course) we all enjoyed a campfire and announcements about the last week at 森林湖。The session has gone by in the blink of an eye and we’ll all be sad to leave our friends here at camp on Saturday. International Day is Friday! And we’ll be preparing for our presentation (it is 森林湖’s 25th anniversary this year!) at I-day as well as practicing cheers and the different I-day dances. Until next time!
PS, the pictures below include this past weekend’s activities as well as our creditors trip to Bemidji for the local dragon boat races (different from the ones we had this weekend at site).
再见！
爱，
森林湖
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你们好！
大家好！ We’ve been pretty busy this week here at 森林湖。Next Friday is International day so we’ll be preparing all next week. This weekend the kids will be doing the dragon boat races. Hopefully the weather will be nice since Sunday we’ll be spending all day on the lake. Last night all our villagers played in a basketball tournament to take advantage of some short lived good weather. Tonight is our annual fashion show- the kids will dress up counselors and present their “models” on the runway! Below are some pictures of our two week villagers small language learning groups & our creditors hard at work (their creative projects are due on Monday).
再见！
爱，
森林湖
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Our New 2 Week Villagers Have Arrived!
大家好！ Our new 2 week villagers arrived yesterday. After a round of stations from the nurse to making name tags (名牌）the kids took some time to get to know the other villagers and play a few days. We ended the day (of course) with a campfire and with many hopes that this session will be full of making great friends & studying Chinese! The next day we began our first full day here at 森林湖。中国通（our daily challenge of speaking Chinese from breakfast to dinner) was introduced and the optional camping trip taking place was introduce via a theatrical performance by our counselors Da Wei & Shan Ming. The kids spent the day getting to know all of the places around 森林湖 (i.e. the nurse, bank, candy store etc). The two week villagers were put into their language learning groups and had their first class! Below are some pictures of opening day & today. Enjoy!
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再见朋友们:[
On Friday we had plans to celebrate the end to a wonderful session- unfortunately we were hit by pouring rain and thunderstorms! Our creditors came back from being in town for the day and everybody relaxed and shared memories about the session. The two weeks went by incredibly fast and by Friday night our two week villagers were packed and ready to head out the following day. Early Saturday morning we waved goodbye to our departing villagers and wished them a safe journey home. The rest of the day was spent preparing for the dragon boat races our creditors attended in town that day. Here are some pictures from the past week:
We hope everyone had a good trip home & to see them next summer! The next session begins Monday, more to come then- including pictures from the Bemidji dragon boat races that the creditors attended.
再见！
爱，
森林湖
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星期天
The weekend flew by so quickly! Sunday we had lunch by the lake and participated in the dragonboat races. Afterwards everyone spent the afternoon resting up in preparation for a giant game of capture the flag. In the battle of blue team versus red team, it turns out nobody won- though valiant efforts were made by both sides. We finished up the day with a campfire where the kids presented peace wishes they wrote earlier in the day. Everyone presented their wishes & headed back to their cabins to get some rest for the upcoming week. Here are some pictures from the day!
capture the flag!
sunset at the camp fire
上海木屋 reading their wish
再见！
爱，
森林湖
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森林湖, Part II Episode 1!
大家好(Hello All)!
The second half of summer at Sen Lin Hu began earlier this week. And now that we are nearing the end of the first week it is hard to believe that the two week villagers are half way through their session! Everyone has settled into their 木屋(cabins) and getting used to the daily routines here at 森林湖。Day by day the village is beginning to feel more nsync. Below are pictures of the cabins and our staff page has now been updated to include our second session counselors. This weekend on Sunday the kids will participate in the 龙舟比赛(dragon boat races). The week has been long so we will be hanging out at the beach all day. More photos to come then! For now 再见！
漓江木屋
北京木屋
上海木屋
鄱阳湖木屋
昆明木屋
黄山木屋
少林寺木屋
拉萨木屋
爱，
森林湖
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